GAMC is proud to provide the community with many programs and services that improve health status and quality of life, address health problems of the poor and other vulnerable populations, and contain community health care costs. GAMC has met these goals through many of the following:

• Treating nearly 17,000 inpatients every year. Annually, another 32,000 are seen in the Emergency Room and over 260,000 as outpatient visits, not including over 32,000 home care visits.
• Joining toegther with the Downtown Glendale Merchant's Association to host the annual Glendale Downtown Dash, a 5k run/walk raising money for stroke services in the Glendale community. in 2010 more than 1,250 people attended the event and raised over $72,000.
• Assisting children and families with free or low cost health insurance through the Glendale Adventist Children's Health Outreach Initiative (CHOI). From 2008 through May 2009, a total of 4,404 families have consulted with CHOI. Since 2003, CHOI has helped enroll nearly 10,000 individuals.
• Organizing and allocating funds for projects chosen by Glendale Healthier Community Coalition (GHCC), an organization of over 50 different associations whose aim is to address and resolve community health concerns.
• Hosting nearly 6,000 people every year at one or more of the over 40 heath education classes and support groups organized by Glendale Adventist.

Our community outreach services and programs help address the needs of people in our community who may otherwise not receive help. Listed below are a few of the outreach services and programs we offer and support.

Parish Nurse Program

Working with local churches to provide a wide range of medical and social services, Glendale Adventist Medical Center's Parish Nurse Program helps identify and assist older adults at risk for institutionalization and provides chaplain services to organizations whose clients need spiritual care.

Hearts N' Health

This program brings health education topics such as cardiovascular health, nutrition, physical activity and stress management into the homes of Armenian residents. The Hearts N' Health program trains Armenian women with no prior medical education in both presentation style and subject matter to conduct these presentations.

Today's Health

Airing weekly on Armenian cable access television, Today's Health addresses health issues affecting the Armenian community. The show's host facilitates guest physician interviews, community health resource sharing and health topic discussions on nutrition, fitness, stress management and substance abuse. Today's Health complements Hearts N' Health activities.

Glendale Healthy Kids

A community-based collaborative relationship among health care providers throughout Glendale, Healthy Kids provides free medical and dental care, therapy and other health services to children of families unable to afford health care. More than 150 health care providers donate hours of free service to this program. Click here to visit their Web site.

CINCO

Glendale Adventist facilitated this organization's development in northeast Los Angeles, where 50 percent of students never graduate from high school and 50 percent of pregnancies are among teenagers. CINCO offers hope for the future through technology training programs, in cooperation with the local school district and social service agencies. Click here to visit their Web site.

Community Health Screening Programs

Initially, participants answer questionnaires to identify if they have any risk factors for cardiovascular disease, diabetes or pulmonary disease. Those considered at moderate or high risk will then receive the following screenings:

• Cardiovascular Screening - Blood pressure, cholesterol, C-reactive protein (CRP)
  The presence of CRP, which can be produced by stress, inflammation or infection, is considered a more reliable indicator of the risk of an impending heart attack than more traditional tests.
• Diabetes Screening - Two hour oral glucose tolerance test (2 hr-OGTT)
• Pulmonary Screening - Pulmonary function test (spirometry)

Referral case management and health education is also provided to participants. These grant-funded screening programs are free to the community. For more information, please contact Sally Shaw, DrPH, program director, by calling 818-409-8547.

For more information about any of our community programs, please contact Community Services at 818-409-8547.